Picture-film reel



W. A. JOHNSON. PICTURE FILMVREEL.

1,412,005. Pate nted Ap1 n4, 1922. Tigl. ?.1gE.

rlmn m UNI-TED WILLIAM A. JOHNSON, or YONKERS, NEW YORK, 'AssreNo-R or Orin- HI D ro' BARTON K. BUCKN'AM, OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW

RICHARD L.- BUCKNAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

YORKLAND ONE-THI TO I PICTURE-FILM REEL.

1,e12,oo5.

i a l Application filed July 9,

To all whom it mayconcem: I

Be it known that Ld/VIILIABI A. JoHNsoN,

a citizen of the. United States, and a residentof'Yonkers, Westchester County, and

.State of New York, have invented certain new and fuseful Improvements in Picture- Film Reels, ofwhich. the following i 'a specification.

v i 'My present invention is a reel for moving picture films and the like, and the objects of the inventionare' to provide asimple and practical construction, which will enable the film to be removed bodily from the reel without the necessity ofunwindingthe same and,

conversely, which will permit of the film being applied in coiled formfto the reel and The invention involves a number of novel features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafteridescribed in detail. i

In the drawing accompanying and form ing a part of this specification, I have illus tratedthe invention embodied in one of its mostsimple forms, but wish it understood that variations may bemade' in ,the {struc- V ture without departure fronrthe truespirit:

' and scope of the invention as herein defined and claimed. v 5 f I.

1 V Inthe drawing referred to:

Figure 1 is anedgeand partial: sectional View of the reel. V e Figure 2 is an end elevat on of the reel from the end having the removable flange or head. i v I 7 V Figure 3 i an enlarged broken sectional view, similar to the upper portion of Figure 'l -andshowing the removablefla-nge as released from the supporting hub. 1

Figure 4: is a broken detail and partly sectional view, illustrating one of l the uses to which the invention is particularly adapt- 7 ed, that is, to a projecting machine in which unwound "from f the center ofthe,

coil.

'In the construction illustrated, the reel is made up with a relatively, fixed flange or head 5 and a removable flange 6. Thehub f fastened at 8 tolan annular supporting rib V 9 on the fixed reel head -These spring 7 pingthe head 16 ofthespindle.

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fingers, which alllmay be cut from a single l continuous strip 10. of spring. metal, are bent or biased radially inward and areprovided at their free ends with openings or perforations ll to receive inwardly projecting tangs or' lug l2 on the removable U fiang 6. h ,The free thrust outwardly into holding engagement ends er the spring fingers are with the lugsofthe removable reelhead by i the hollow spindle, l5 of the reel; This a spreading ring Iii-located within the hub and carried by-a di'sc '14, which is fixed to 5' spindle carries at its ,outer-enda head or V flange 16 by whichthe spindlemay beloperated either toexpand or toiretr'act theflange holding spring fingers. This operating head 16 1s shown'as adaptedto be secured by the turn buttons 17 pivoted on the fixed reel fianlge 18 and adapted to be'turned, as shown in igures 1 and 2,1nto position overlap- In the firsttwo figuresl have shown itlie spindle as forced inwardly and secured to hold the spring fingers in looking, engage- Inent with the removable reel flange.v J In this condition the reel may be ,used in, .the

pusto'rnary fashion to wind the film thereon, t being ordlnarily provided with one 0 more of the customary clipsifor holding the leading end of the film. i l

. VVhen it is desiredto remove film from the reel .it is only necessary to swing the turn butt'ons, as indicated in Fig- 1 ure 3, andto'tshift vthe spindle so. as toper t'mitthe flange. securing fingers to contract. The retractive movement of, the expanding ring or spreader-.13 may be easily accomi .plished bypressingon the endj of the spindle 15 or on the web ordisc 14 which carries the expanding ring. iWhen l the spring securing fingers are thus contracted, the reel flange is free to beremovedand: this enables "the film'to be removed from the-reel in its coiled condition.

v jThe reel is reassembled by simply droppingthe removable fiangeiover theends of- ,thelspring fingers and then forcing the spindle inward to cause the spreader to expand the springfingers into locking, engagement with the radially projecting lugs of there- 'movableflange. I a

The invention ,is wparti cularly useful in connection with machines of the type disclosed in Patent No. 1,116,580, where as I have here illustrated in Figure 4L, the coil of film "2O issup ported on a rotatable re ceiver 21" and the coil is unwound from the center outward and fed through the projector mechanism of the machine. In placing the film in such a machine it is possible with my inventionto simply push the reel down over the rotatable receiver which automatically contracts the spring holding fingers so as to free the removable flange and to drop the same, with the coil of film, down onto the rotatable receiver and therefore in position to be used in the machine.

' What I claim is:

l. A reel of the character describecL-having a removable flange and provided with spring fingers for securing the flange in position and'means on the reel for 'simul' taneously shifting said spring fingers to secure or to release the removable flange.

2. A reel for moving'picture film having a hub provided with radially'shiftable fingers, a removable flange engageable by said fingers and means on'the reel for producing engagement and disengagement of said fingerswith respect to theremovable flange.

3. A reel having a fixed and a removable flange, a seriesof substantially circularly arranged spring fingers carried by the fixed flange, said springfingers and the removable flange having'interlocking parts and ashiftable ringon the fixed flange for controlling engagement and disengagement of the spring fingers with respect to the removable flange.

a 4. A reel having a fixed and a removable flange, a series or substantially circularly arranged spring fingerscarried by the fixed flange, said spring fingers "and the removable flange having interlocking parts and a spreader on the fixed flange tor expanding the springfingers into; interlocking engagement with the removable fi'ange/ '5 A reel having a fixed and a removable flange, a' series offsubstantially circularly arranged spring fingers carried by the fixed flange; saidspring fingers and the removable flange having interlocking parts, a spreader on the fixed fiangefforexpandiiig the spring fingers into interlocking -engagement with the removable flange and meansfor securing the spreaderin ac'ljustedposition.

"6.A reel'havinga removable flange pro vided with radially projecting lugs,'spring fingers provided with perforations to receive said lugsband biased to normally disengage the same and a spreader for flexing the spring fingers into holding engagement with the lugs. V l r 7. Areel comprising relatively fixed and removable flanges; an axially shiftable spindle carried by the fixed fiange, holding fingers for" the remb'vablefiange mounted on the fixed flange and operating means for shifting said holding fingers earned by the shlftable spindle. p b i 8.- A reel comprising relap ively fixed and removable flanges an axially sh ftable spindle carried by the fixed flange a substantially circularly arranged series of spring fingers carried by the fixed "flange and arranged to be expanded'into holding engagement with the removable flange and a spreader for expanding said fingers carried by the shiftable spindle. y

9. A reel comprising.relatively 'fixed land removable flan an x a y shiite b spindle carried by thefixed' fiange, a"si 1bstantially circularly" arranged" series 2 spring fingers carriedby the fixed flange spring fingers carried the fixed flange andarranged to be expanded into engagement with the removable flange; as

Spreader r expandi Sa d fin rs ars by the slnftable spindle, means for secnr ng en dl iii-1 diu edl e e en wide sls ing of an exposed head on the spindle a turn button on the flange i'oriengagement with sa d head' removable flanges, a shiftable spindlgf ried' by the fixed flange, inwardly biased spring fingers carried bythelfixed flange and provided mapror i l ds; the. re-

' 11. A reel comprising relatively fixed movable fia'nge hav-ing' inwardly projecting lugs for ga em n in said "p f re fi ns and a spreader for expandlng the spring fingers carried by the shiftable spindle, 12. A reel comprlsing flanges, one removfingers carried by one fiangeand expandible a e m othe centr ting pring into holding engagemfillt with the ether flange and shiftable means carried by on e. of th fl nges {for ra dmathe sp i e fingers into holding 'engagernent withfthea flange. 1 i, 1

13. reel of the character described, havs. rem abl f -I s n Pr ded'ni h pri g fingers for esui n'g th fl nge n P9:-

sition andmeansontlie lfelengageablg I the fingers for simultaneously shifting sp ng fi gers to s u e or to-releas the ire movable flange.

i 14." A reel having a fixed and a remo'lv 'able flange; a series of substantially ciicu;

larly arranged spring fingers carried by th fi fla ge an adap d to exte d through the inerlab fia e s ifd: p r g fingers and the removable flange having in- I flange.

terlocking parts and a shiftablering 0n the fixed flange for controlling engagement and disengagement of the spring fingers With respect to the removable flange. 7

15. A reel for moving picture films havin a hub provided with radially shiftable fingers, a removable flange engageable by 7 1?. A reel-having a pair of fianges,a hub carried by one flange, spring fingerscarried by the hub and engageablewith 'the'other flange and means for simultaneously shifting said fingers to engage or release thesec- 18. A reel having a pair of flanges, a'hub oarried'by one flange, spring fingers 'carried by the hub and engageable Withthe other flange and means positioned within the hub for simultaneously shifting ,said' fingers to engage or release flange. v 1 y In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of July, 1920.

WILLIAM A. Jo-HNsoN;

the second 

